What fears have you overcome and how? The dentist: by facing my fear head on and getting the work done. Even though the dentist I trusted let me down, I feel as though the part of me that had a quite literal existential fear has healed. Not being liked: the more ‘myself’ I become the […]
Describe one simple thing you do that brings joy to your life. A year ago we bought a house. The previous owners had been very fond of their lawn and had top dressed to the point that the grass was covering the damp course. I organised a landscaper to come in and scrape away the […]
If you could be a character from a book or film, who would you be? Why? When I wrote , my second novel , Alia Henry and the Ghost Writer I wasn’t aware how much I desperately wanted to be like my sassy main character. She’s Fleabag without the self-hate. She’s Lizzie Bennett without the […]
How often do you say “no” to things that would interfere with your goals? Last year, I read the amazing Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman. The simple yet elegant idea behind the book is that if we live to around 80 years of age we get 4000 weeks give or take so why waste […]
Who was your most influential teacher? Why? My senior year art teacher had far more faith in me than I had ever experienced before. She pushed me out of my creative comfort zone and encouraged me to apply for art school. My parents wanted me to do something I could more immediately turn into a […]
